Cap



March 26, 1940. JQNES 2,194,473

CAP

Filed June :50, 19:59

5' rAo/v Qua/v56 ArroRAzeYs Patented Mar. 26, 1 940 J I a I H j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCE; L

CAP 3 Byron Quinby Jones, Fort Humphreys, D. 0. pplication iinefso, 1939, Serial No. 282,173 5 Claims. (01. 2-195) (Granted under'the act of March 3, 1883, as

' amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) The invention described herein may be manuon the front center line of cap midway between factured andused by or fortheGovernment for the upper welt on band and edge of crown to governmental purposes, without the payment to receive screw post of cap ornament t. The top me of any royalty thereon. of the cap is slack, the crown falling'to the rear This invention relates to improvements in caps without stiffening. A steel grommet or circular- 5 of a style or type such-as is customarilyworn by shaped'wire (not shown) is fitted into the edge men inthe military and other uniformed services, of the crown to maintain the shape of the top. and the objects of the improvements are: On the outsideof' the head band at the front of First, to provide a collapsible military type cap the cap areprovided a visor 5 and a sliding chin m having substantially all, of the advantages of the strap 6. Felled in the cap on the inside of the conventional stiff, drumlike service cap in rehead band is a sweat leather I.

spect to use, shape, appearance, etc., and which, Because of its non-collapsible construction and unlike the conventional cap, is capable o'fbeing its high front end, the conventional'type military conveniently folded and packed when not in use. can does not, under the. exigencies of the service, I

s] Second; to provide in a style of cap worn by lend itself readily to stowing or packing and exuniform men, novel means for attaching an ortreme care must be taken to preventxthe cap nament in front such that the ornament and the from being injured or crushed out of shape. front section of the cap above the visor is kept in --"1hesedisadvantagesare avoided by the improved an approximately upright position'or collapsed so cap of the present invention which provides a v that the ornament and cap lie flat (for packing). military cap with no substantial stiffness or rigid- 20 Briefly, the invention comprises a stiffener inness anywhere except in the visor and the ornaside'the collapsible cap t which the cap ornam n s pp and which w n W n o nment is attached, the stiffener being free at its, ,dled prese t t sam appearance n a sp ts lower end so th t h n the ap is not worn, the as the conventional military cap (less grommet) stiffener and ornament fall forward and the but which can, be folded fiat or rolled on the-visor 5 crown collapses upon a soft head band but when without injuryito the capthecapis worn the stiffener and ornament'a'nd h p ov p, Sh0WI1 in Figures t 5 the front of the cap are forced and maintained c u v s Without y gr in the Of in upright position by the pressure of the forethe crown la and a special stiffener 8 is substia head against the headband, the lower end of tuted for the front stiffening construction char- 30 the stiffener being inside the sweat band. acteristic of the conventional cap. The stiffener The objects and advantages of the invention 8 preferably consists of a y piece of-steel or will be'further understood from the following deother rigid material located on the inside .of the tailed description and from the accompanying cap at t front p thereof t e w drawing, wherein-1 I in upright position, above and below'the upper Figures 1 and 2 are views, in perspective and d of the Soft head b d With its pp side elevation respectively, of a conventional milportion bridging eyelet and its w p itary type cap;- tion disposed'between the headband and the Figure 3 is a side view, partly in elevation and sweat leather la, as Showne 1 1 Portion partly in section, of asimilar type'cap embodyof the stay is perforated to'receivethe screw post. 40 ing the invention; I f ll! of the cap ornament 4a to which it is secured Figure 4 is, a longitudinal, vertical sectional by means of the usual milled hut The ay 4 view of the improved cap, thelatter being shown may be of any Su table shape or size andpurposein a collapsed state; 1y is free of any attachment at its lower portion Figuref5'is a view of 'a capembodying a modi-' to the'cap in order that .by reason of its own 45 fication ,of theinvention I weight and the weight of the-ornament at the j The'conventional' military cap of the type rep- 7 upper end it will, in the absence of any restrainresented in Figures '1 and 2 consists, briefly, of a ing\f010e,,fa11'f0rWard p e t e Ornament slightly 'oval'crown I joined to a head band 2 by and the front po ofthe CI'OWH quarter 30! v 50 flare portion or quarters 3 sothat the height of l in a pr p t on above the visor 5a with the 5 the cap is greater at the front than at the rear, crown collapsed upon the soft head band, as both measurements being outside from top of shown in Figure 4. The ornament and cap thus lower 'weltfon the band. The flare or quarters lie fiat for convenient stowage or packing. are stiffened in "front withextra cloth reinforced In the cap construction shown in Figure 3, the j by upright steel stays and an eyelet is provided stiffener 8, ornament 4a, and the front of the cap 55 is maintained in upright position when the cap is worn, by the pressure of the forehead against the head band at the lower portion of the stiffener or stay piece 8 and the ornament and front of the stiffener to swing clear of the head band and upwardly for collapsing the cap as herein-,,

before described.

The cap shown in Figure 5 differs from the cap Construction illustrated in Figures 3 and 4 only in the addition to the head bandZb of a narrow strip or band l2 of stiff material behind which a lower portion of the stay or stiffener 8b can be lower portion of the sweat leather lb and stiffens' the leather to maintainthe front stiffener 8b in upright position under ordinary handling, being at the same time sufficiently yieldable to applied force or manual manipulation to release the stiffener for collapsing the cap.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the invention provides a collapsible military type cap having a neat swanky appearance when worn and which affords adequate protection against wind, rain, sun, cold, etc., and which can be conveniently folded and packed when not in service. Various changes and modifications in respect to size, construction, and design of the cap may be made within the scope of the appended claims; What is claimed is: 2 1. A collapsible military cap having in combination a head band provided with an'unstifh ened crown of flexible material and a visor, asweat band inside of the head band, an ornament on the outside of the front portion of the crown, a rigid ornament supporting member inside the said front portion of the crowniand extending down inside the sweat band, said member'being' combination, a soft head band provided with a collapsible crown, an ornament for the: outside of the front portion of the crown, and a stiffening member on the inside of the front portion of the crown and secured'at its upper end to the said ornament, said stiffener being free at its low er end so that when the cap is not'worn the stiffe ener and ornament are adapted 'of their' own weight to assume a prone position with the crown collapsed upon the headband, the said stiffener and ornament and front portion of the cap automatically being forced into upright position by the pressure of the forehead of the wearer against The sweat leather la of the head band has sufiicient givei, when the cap is not worn, to permit the lower end' the lower end of the stiffener when the cap is worn.

3. A collapsible military type cap having in combination, a soft head band provided with a sweat leather and a collapsible crown,v an ornament for the outside of the frontportion of the crown, and a front-stiffening member on the inside of the said front portion of the crown and secured at one end to the said ornament, said member being of a length to extend at its other ,end inside the sweat leather and being free at said other end so that when the cap is not worn the stifiener and ornament are adapted by their own weight to assume a prone position with the crown collapsed upon, the head band, the said stiffenerand ornament and front portion of the cap automatically being forced into upright position by the pressure of the forehead of the wearer against the sweat leather at the free end of the stiifeningmember when the capis worn.

4. A- oollapsiblexmilitary type cap having,- in combination, a soft head band provided with a visor and a collapsible crown, an ornament for the outside of the front portion of the crown above the visor, a rigid stay piece on the inside of the cap at the front thereof and extending above and below the upper edge of the hat band to provide a stiffening member for the said, front portion of the crown-,'said member having the said ornament secured thereto and being otherwise free so thatwhen theflcap is not-worn the stay;pieoe by reason ofits own .weight. and the weight of the ornament at the upper end is adapted to pivot on the upper edge of the-head band as on a fulcrum to dispose the ornamentand the front portion of the crown in a prone position over the said visor, thesaid stay piece and orna mentand front portion of the cap automatically being-returned to andmaintained in upright position by the pressure of the forehead of the wearer against the free end of whenothe capis worn. a

5. A. collapsible military cap having, in come bination, a head band provided with a. sweat ment for the outside of the front portionof the crown, a front stiffening member on the inside of I the cap andextending ,above andbelow the upper edge of the head band with itsupwardly extend ing. portion secured to the ornament and with its lower extended portion disposed between the head band and'the sweat leather, said sweat leather,

having a stiffened portion adapted to bear the stay piece against the lower end of "the front stiffening ward on the upper edge'of-the head band as a fulcrum to collapse the crown with the said stiffener, ornament and front portion of the oapin a prone position. v I

- BYRON; QUINBY JONES. 

